hese shoes,
I hope you'll send them back;
They are so ugly! I should choose
Much prettier than black!

"I thought you mention'd blue or buff
When ordering a pair,
Or green I should like well enough,
But black I cannot bear!"

Young Isabella's prattle o'er,
Her mother soon express'd
A wish that she would say no more,
Since _black_ ones suited best.

Which, when the little lady heard,
She did not say another word.

THE TWO PATIENTS

Miss Lucy Wright, though not so tall,
Was just the age of Sophy Ball,
But I have always understood
Miss Sophy was not half so good:
For as they both had faded teeth,
Their teacher sent for Doctor Heath,
But Sophy made a dreadful rout,
And would not have hers taken out;
But Lucy Wright endured the pain,
Nor did she ever once complain.
Her teeth return'd quite sound and white,
While Sophy's ached both day and night.

FANNY'S BAD HABIT

Fanny Fletcher is forgetful,
Never wilful in her life,
Neither obstinate nor fretful,
Loving truth and shunning strife.

From a girl of so much merit,
May we not in time expect
She will show a proper spirit
_One_ wrong habit to correct?

Friends will say it is a pity
If her resolution fails--
Fanny looks both good and pretty
When she does not bite her nails!

SARAH'S DANGER

Those who saw Miss Sarah gaping
In the middle of the day,
This remark were often making
On this dull and drowsy way:

"Half asleep, and yet she's waken!
If, poor child, she is not sick,
Some good method must be taken
To correct this idle trick."

THE HOYDEN

Miss Agnes had two or three dolls and a box
To hold all her bonnets and tippets and frocks;
In a red leather thread-case that snapp'd when it shut,
She had needles to sew with and scissors to cut;
But Agnes liked better to play with rude boys
Than work with her needle, or play with her toys.

Young ladies should always appear neat and clean,
Yet Agnes was seldom dress'd fit to be seen.
I saw her one morning attempting to throw
A very large stone, when it fell on her toe:
The boys, who were present and saw what was done,
Set up a loud laugh, and they call'd it